The FW22 proved to be extremely promising in the hands of young German driver Ralf Schumacher and English debutant Jenson Button.

Schumacher achieved eight points finishes (including three third places) and Button six; at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the Englishman became the youngest driver at that time to score a World Championship point, aged 20 years and two months.

The team received new sponsorships such as Allianz, Reuters, Compaq and Intel Inside while Brother, Komatsu and Auto Motor und Sport were discontinued.

As Williams did not have any tobacco sponsorships (Winfield being the last one), Veltins once again returned with the team for the third year.

In French, the logo was replaced with "Veltins Alkoholfrei" but it was removed in scale models and video games.